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Trichinella spiralis: major histocompatibility complex-associated elimination of encysted muscle larvae in swine.
Experimental parasitology - 1 May 1990
Madden K B, Murrell K D, Lunney J K
Abstract excerpt
A heretofore undescribed host-mediated reactivity against encapsulated muscle larvae (ML) of the nematode Trichinella spiralis is reported. Inbred miniature swine (NIH minipigs) of three independent SLA phenotypes, which received a primary oral dose of 300 T. spiralis ML, successfully resisted a secondary infection of 10,000 ML; however, only pigs of the SLAa/a phenotype exhibited an unusual and highly...
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